Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi...
by jimbofisher1 on Friday June 22, 2018 @01:22PM
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That may be your opinion but I can assure you it is not accurate. Your hysteria is clouding your judgement.
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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi...
by s73v3r_ on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:54PM
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It's not accurate that the military has a terrible track record regarding civilian casualties? Go ahead and offer your proof to the contrary, then.
Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi...
by _dps on Friday June 22, 2018 @05:52PM
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I don't know if it's true or not, but based on a little thinking about availability bias and publication bias suggest it's plausible.
No one is likely to write about "targets hit exactly as planned, no collateral damage" and even if they do as a puff piece for the military we're unlikely to remember that.
In contrast, every single mistargeting is plausibly worldwide news and our brains are wired to remember such things.
To be clear, I don't have any hard data either way. But I wouldn't be surprised if it's true given the asymmetry of typical cognitive bias in evaluating such a claim. The folk version of this is that you "only ever hear about the CIA's mistakes and not of their successes".
Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi...
by jimbofisher1 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @08:57PM
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It's not accurate that the military doesn't care. You are foolish.